If you are waiting for authorization from thehumanitarian parole and someone asks you for money with the promise of speeding up the process so you can travel to the United States, don't fall into the trap: it is an illegal and deceptive procedure.
Immigration activists and lawyers have warned thatAny procedure offered by an intermediary to expedite your application is invalid. and may end with the annulment of the case.
“People who are paying a substantial amount for so-called processors to advance their application in the humanitarian parole queue should know that there is no legal way to do that,” said thelawyer Willy Allen during the program “Immigration News”, which broadcastsCyberCuba each Friday.
Since the launch of the humanitarian parole program with financial sponsorship, at the beginning of last January, the authorities of theDepartment of Immigration and Citizenship (USCIS) They warned that all the processing of the procedures is absolutely free, and that the selection proceeded randomly.
USCIS subsequently began combining thedaily processing taking about 500 applications at random and another 500 in the chronological order of registration. But criticism from applicants has continued over the delays, alleging that many requests from the first few months remain unaddressed.
Citizens of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela are beneficiaries ofprogram, which grants 30 thousand visas monthly and allows a stay in the United States for two years.
Authorities at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees the work of USCIS, insist that the process is transparent, and that theDelays are explained not only by the nature of the selection but by the volume of applications, which exceed two million.
“What has happened is that there ishackers "They have accessed the USCIS website and have been able to move some cases, but that is illegal," Allen explained. “There is no legal way to do it.”
The lawyer emphasized that the person who gets paid with the promise of moving a case will not be able to do so or will do so as a cyber hacker, which is illegal in violation of federal law.
“It is true that the program is somewhat slow due to the number of applicants, but it is working and has only been a little more than six months old,” Allen added. “I recommend patience and caution with people who promise something they cannot legally deliver.”
Faced with questions about the possibility that the humanitarian parole program could be dismantled by an upcoming court decision, Allen indicated that applicants should not worry at the moment.
"The humanitarian parole program is not at risk of being eliminated in the near future"he asserted.
Versions about a possible paralysis of the process have been generated repeatedly after thelawsuit filed by 20 Republican states asking for its elimination. ATrial on the litigation is scheduled in federal court in Texas for himnext August 24th.
But Allen reminded that the date could even be pushed back further, and said there would not be a firm decision on the matter until the end of the year.
This Saturday, theUnited States Embassy in Havana alerted humanitarian parole petitioners about the most frequent errors in the application, which affect the processing of cases.
"Many more people have applied for Humanitarian Parole. But there are also many more errors. Remember all the errors that we have pointed out are the ones that most affect the speed of the process," the diplomatic headquarters said in a message on its social networks.
Among the most frequent failures in requests, the message related:
- Enter an incorrect email address.
- Entering incorrect information about personal data or passport.
- Do not make a request for each person.
- Duplicate Sponsor Petition Form I-134A.
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